I think, it is a challenge to get critics or whoever to see past what you wear and makeup and the way you look and just concentrate on the music.
ELLIE GOULDINGBy the time I got writing ‘Halcyon,’ I was on a roll, and I realized I had so much to write about, I realized I had so much built up inside that I couldn’t really alleviate before, and then all of a sudden it was like reservoir burst.
More Ellie Goulding Quotes
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I like being by the ocean.
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Men are wary of me because they know, by listening to my music, that a relationship with me will be quite deep.
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I wrote a lot of poetry that was based on stories of the sea and I was really inspired by that.
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I’ve just become quite fixated on the idea of calmness and peacefulness somewhere, someday.
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Not much shocked me. You know, I worked in a home for Alzheimer’s patients and my dad used to be really into murders and stuff, so I saw dead bodies. It desensitised me to a lot of things.
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I want to be safe in the knowledge that I can tour and play festivals for a long time. The main thing is that I want a good reputation as a live performer. If I have that, I’d be so happy.
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When you reach a point of no return with someone and you feel there’s going to be no reconciliation, you have to disconnect. I can’t allow myself to be emotionally connected with people like that again, it’s too damaging.
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I’ve changed the way I look a bit but not intentionally. I’ve cut my hair. I’ve got a bit of pink in it and lately I’ve become a bit monochrome, wearing a lot of black and white.
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I used to be obsessed with Pearl Jam, but I love having pink hair and kind of looking like a Barbie.
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I’m never happy with my face, my hair, I haven’t really got any boobs and I’m not really that tall.
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You get to a certain age and you can’t judge yourself on your dad or your parents.
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I was quite a weird kid because I didn’t like getting presents. I don’t know why. I just went for books all the time.
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My mum was too busy raising four of us to encourage my hopes. But I’m glad I had the upbringing I did. It made me a worrier and a thoughtful, curious person.
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Even when I’m in quite a happy state of mind, I like writing really sad songs. I think a lot of people do.
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I think I’d like to be best friends with Björk, because I’d like to pick her brain a lot all the time and just have weird times together.
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